image gallery module - show all images in a certain folder
general need - February 18, 2008 - 12:52
I installed the image gallery module and hoped that it would let me simply create a gallery of all the images already contained in a certain folder in my public_html folder. Is this possible?
image gallery module - show all images in a certain folder
yes, it's possible if those images are image nodes. If not, use "Image import" to import the images into drupal (remember to create a gallery first...you can import the images into the gallery)
Thanks for your reply. What
Thanks for your reply.
What if I have 100 images on my server, in one folder inside public_html. Do I need to re-import all those images from my desktop HD using "Image Import"? That wouldn't be practical. I simply want to create a very basic gallery using all .jpg files in a specific folder. As an image is added to that folder (via my ftp client) it will simultaneously appear in the gallery.
Perhaps the image module is not the tool for this job?
I would use the image module...
Image import, part of the image module, will actually import files from any folder on the server. You just need to make sure the image import settings point to that folder. I think the image module will work just fine (if the images are large you may want to import in batches).
See the image handbook page for more info...
Thanks again Giving it a go
Thanks again
Giving it a go but having some troubles. I will try and resolve them alone before reverting for more help.
option for a quick win
I've used the 'brilliant gallery' module in the past, and I think it behaves in the way you are seeking; ftp for image UL, drupal image gallery generated (tumbnails) on the fly from folder contents, love the lightbox full version display..
It's not as sophisticated as many but I lile its simplicity of function. Also behaves quite differently, and some examples on the vacillando site.
Think especially donated non-tech savvy artists web site
Just one gallery
I'm looking for exactly the same module. Brilliant gallery is fine for attaching images to a page or blog entry but it does not automatically generate galleries out of subfolders.
I would like to have one menu entry 'pictures' which points to some /pictures folder containing subfolders like
/pictures/2008/01/13
/pictures/2008/01/25
/pictures/2008/02/04
where each folder contains pictures.
Hi jt-jones... I am unable
Hi jt-jones...
I am unable to configure image import, getting this error: "The directory /images does not exist."
The directory does exist as it contains all my images.
Also, the notes in the config page tell me this: "The directory to import image nodes from. Drupal will need to have write access to this directory so we can move the file."
I dont want the files moved. I already have 100's of pages pointing at images in that file, moving them would be a disaster. I just want to create an image gallery using pre-existing images in a folder.
Is this possible?
Does the directory /images
Does the directory /images exist inside your drupal folder? Any error message from Drupal is going to refer to folders in the drupal directory.
You have 100s of Drupal nodes pointing at images in your images folder or 100s of static pages pointing at images in your images folder?
No, the 'images' folder is
No, the 'images' folder is not in my Drupal folder, it is directly under public_html.
>You have 100s of Drupal nodes pointing at images in your images folder
Yes, that is correct, perhaps not hundreds, but a lot. Most days I create a new node, upload teh images via ftp to 'images' and embed the image using fckeditor.
On further thinking I doubt Image Gallery will serve my needs: it wants to move existing files to a new folder and I dont want that at all.
Regarding 'Brilliant Galleries' - after installing the three (!!) dependency modules I found that it wont work unless the existing images are under my 'files' folder, which they are not.
you're right...
Image Gallery wants to make a gallery out of image nodes which means the images have to imported into your Drupal database. I'm not sure how you can make a gallery without moving the images.
I do appreciate your
I do appreciate your help.
It seems you are right. Actually all I wanted was a thumbnail gallery that clicked through to an html gallery page showing a full sized image.
I tried two different gallery options in Drupal, had extensive errors with both and spent about 9 hours getting nowhere.
I've been looking on the
I've been looking on the same topic, I'd rather use my FTP client to upload batches of images to specific directories (instead of having each image as a node), then have those automatically display in said gallery.
Brilliant gallery was doing the job just fine, however no word on 6.x support :(
surprised there isn't any other module out there besides BG that does this. It sounds a highly desired function that hasn't been worked with or expanded on. If I had the time and know-how I would write the module myself... maybe i should learn.
Ahh, my old chestnut issue.
Ahh, my old chestnut issue. This would have been great. An Album module that simply displays every image file in a server folder. A more advanced functionality would offer check boxes so you could admin which files in the folder are displayed.
i'm agree with you! I try to
i'm agree with you! I try to make a website for an events company and this system would be just the most usefull! Any news about the developpment for this idea? Does someone knows if any gallery module use actually something like that?
looks like
looks like http://drupal.org/project/fast_gallery does the job. at least i hope so, as i need this functionality for a webcam folder...